Hudson is 16 and has his DRIVERS LICENSE as of TODAY!!!!!!
Hudson is in the last few weeks of his Sophomore year at Tahoma High School. He had a very busy year with XC in the Fall, Track this Spring and two AP classes (Psychology and European History) plus Honors English. He just had two BIG AP tests the same week as Track Leagues.
XC: Hudson had a good season. He was competitive as a sophomore and ran with both Varsity and JV. He lettered as part of the Varsity. He came in 1st of 120+ runners at one of the invites in Federal Way which was super exciting!!!
Track: Hudson had a tough sophomore season. His energy level seemed low early on so at the urging of the coaches we had his ferritin (iron) levels checked by his doctor and discovered they were extremely low. We immediately got him on supplements and while his overall times improved, it wasn't at the same rate as his buddies. The supplements helped bring up his levels but not to where we had hoped. He dealt with some injuries as well (shin splints and sort ankle) which hurt his overall performance. He started to pivot away from the 3200 and focus more on the 1600. Now that his season has ended, he's agreed to not train for a few weeks and just stay off of his feet to allow his shins some much needed recovery time.
His PR for the 800 is 2:17. PR for the 1600 is 4:49:83, and his PR for the 3200 is 10:40.
Hudson continues to get good grades despite his mammoth course load. He is learning valuable time management skills and seems to be doing a good job balancing his studies with sports and time w friends. As parents we never feel the need to check Skyward or follow up to ensure he's staying on task and completing assignments in a timely fashion.
Hudson got his driver's license and is now officially an independent driver. Man, has it been a long road to this point and we're so excited for him to have this new found freedom and to exit out of carpool for him ;)
We did several fun activities over the Winter/Spring:
- Traveling: East Coast (last Summer), XC Camp (Bend), Sun Peaks, CAN to ski, Whitefish Mtn to ski for Mid-Winter Break and Hawaii (Big Island) for Spring Break
- Activities: Skiing: (Jan &Feb), Snoqualmie w Nick & Caleb (Apr)
This year for his birthday we went down to the DOL to get his license then to North Bend to do some shopping at the Nike outlet store. We enjoyed an incredibly warm day (80 degrees) playing some lawn games outside and plan to hit Sumo sushi for dinner! In terms of gifts, he got the Subaru (on loan) and then $150 from us plus the Nike shopping spree and a fanny pack for bike riding. Gma gave him $100 as did Nana/Papa and Nana Nan. Nana also got him a cool navy "Runner" sweatshirt.
Hudson's Current Favorites:
What do you want to be when you grow up: "An Old Man"
Book: --
Song: --
Breakfast Food: Oatmeal Bake
Dinner Food: Sushi
Number: 17
Best Friend: Nick, Caleb, Kjell